SOLUTION: Austin who is a good cyclist and on last Sunday, he rode 8km due west and then 10km due north. How far was he from his starting point?
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Question 1141347: Austin who is a good cyclist and on last Sunday, he rode 8km due west and then 10km due north. How far was he from his starting point?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Starting position, and the other two points form a right triangle:
Find hypotenuse with Pythagorean Theorem formula, unless you can recognize another way.
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